The Missouri State Bears and Lady Bears track and field teams are the track and field programs that represents Missouri State University. The Bears and Lady Bears compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the Conference USA. The teams are based in Springfield, Missouri, at the Betty & Bobby Allison South Stadium.
The program is coached by Jordan Fife. The track and field program officially encompasses multiple teams because the NCAA considers men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.
The Bears men's teams were cut in 2006 following the outdoor track and field season, leaving only the women's teams since then. The cuts were announced in December 2005 as part of an initiative to save US$350,000 to $500,000.
Heptathlete Tracy Partain is the program's highest finisher at the NCAA championships, placing runner-up at the 2006 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
Postseason AIAW The Lady Bears have had five AIAW All-Americans finishing in the top six at the AIAW indoor or outdoor championships.
AIAW All-Americans Championships Name Event Place Marti Adams 4 × 440 yards relay Vicki Malin Mary Gunn Mary Phyl Dwight Carol Cook Mile run Carol Cook Two miles
NCAA , a total of 2 men and 4 women have achieved individual first-team All-American status for the team at the Division I men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships (using the modern criteria of top-8 placing regardless of athlete nationality).
First team NCAA All-Americans Team Championships Name Event Place Women's Dedra Davis Long jump Women's Melinda Sallins 400 meters hurdles Women's Melinda Sallins 400 meters hurdles Women's Michelle Baptiste Long jump Women's Verneta Lesforis 4 × 400 meters relay Juliet Pommells Mashere Harrison Augustina Charles Women's Juliet Pommells 4 × 400 meters relay Augustina Charles Trudi Garrett Verneta Lesforis Men's Gregory Hughes Triple jump Men's Gregory Hughes Triple jump Men's Justin Alberts 4 × 400 meters relay Ryan Smith Jamial Rolle Alexis Roberts Men's Fabian Florant Triple jump Women's Tracy Partain Heptathlon
See also
References
External links